Subsidised Access Application

Applications will be assessed by the NIF Operations Committee and a decision made as to the merit of research and availability of resources. Evaluation will be based on eligibility, merit and general scientific interest. Once a decision is reached the Researcher will be contacted directly by the Facility Fellow or Laboratory Manager.

Applications must be received one week prior to each subsidised access meeting to be eligible for assessment within that round of funding. The next Operations Committee meeting will be held 20th September 2010.

Project Title

Your Details

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Eligibility & Access Criteria

Please indicate which of the following eligibility requirements are met by the applicant:

Capability may provide critical data to solve a scientific problem of national and/or international significance
Yes No

Researcher of merit who needs to initiate research programs out of cycle with research funding opportunities
Yes No

Recent appointment and have not yet had the opportunity to attract independent research funding
Yes No

Early career researcher (completed PhD within last 5 years working fulltime or equivalent part time)
Yes No

What year was your PhD awarded?

Please provide a statement as to how you fulfil the NIF access criteria as outlined on page 1 of the NIF access policy

Subsidised Access

Is this project part of an existing grant? *Note: It is typically expected that 25% of the standard instrument costs would be met by the researcher
Yes No

Will 100% access subsidy be required?
Yes No

If answered yes please provide justification for 100% access subsidy request.

Instruments of Interest

University of Queensland

Preclinical combined MR-PET
Acquisition of this flagship instrument is expected 2009/2010.

Small animal 16.4 T MR scanner	2T MR whole body scanner To be replaced by 3T scanner in 2008
Small-medium animal 4.6T MR scanner	4T MR whole body scanner

University of Sydney

Research Cyclotron Acquisition of this flagship instrument is expected 2009	NIF Radiochem Hot Cell
MicroPET	Pharmacology Biodistribution lab
MicroSPECT	Beta Microprobe
Biomodelling lab	Medicinal Chemistry Lab

University of New South Wales

3T MR whole body scanner	Vevo 770 Ultrasound microimaging
IVIS lumina live imaging	Skyscan1072 Micro CT
Faxitron X-ray

University of Western Sydney

11.7T MR scanner

7T MR scanner

The Florey Neuroscience Institutes

4.7T MR scanner

Large Animal Research & Imaging Facility

1.5T MRI	Angiography suite/ Image instensifer
Hologic Dual X-ray Absorptiometer

Project Details

What are your aims and objectives?

Describe the project of interest:

Specific outcome sought:

Any preliminary results thus far?

Relevant publications:

Project Requirements

What do you require (e.g. advice on techniques; use of equipment; training on equipment; other)?

Will you require the use of facilities to acquire data with operator support?
Yes No

If not, will you access the facility with your own operator?
Yes No

Estimated time required. Please include number of samples (animals), number of time points per sample and acquisition time per time point (if possible):

Do you need help with image analysis?
Yes No

What format do you require for the image analysis? Normally raw data will be provided in standard formats (DICOM, ANALYSE etc).

If help is required please describe (e.g. DTI calculations, Kinetic modelling). This will raise the project to status of collaborative project.

Do you have ethics approval for your project?
Yes No

Please provide ethics number & name of ethics committee:

Please contact the relevant person from the table below on how to obtain ethics approval for research conducted at each node.

Node	Contact	Position	Email
University of Qld	Dr Gary Cowin	Facility Fellow	gary.cowin@cmr.uq.edu.au
University of NSW	Dr Carl Power	Facility Fellow	c.power@unsw.edu.au
University of Sydney	Prof Richard Banati	Node Director	r.banati@usyd.edu.au
University of Western Sydney	Dr Tim Stait-Gardner	Facility Fellow	T.Stait-Gardner@uws.edu.au
The Florey Neuroscience Institutes	Dr Maria Gavrilescu	Facility Fellow	maria@pcomm.hfi.unimelb.edu.au
Large Animal & Research Imaging Facility	Dr Tim Kuchel	Node Director	tim.kuchel@imvs.sa.gov.au

*Each applicant will be contacted via email within 4-6 weeks of application submission.

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NIF Founding Nodes

Large Animal Research
& Imaging Facility